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From SLATE: Lies, Damned Lies, and Convention Speeches. Setting Kerry's record straight—again. By Fred Kaplan
"Half-truths and embellishments are one thing... Lies are another thing, and last night's Republican convention was soaked in them. The main falsehood... is the claim that John Kerry, during his 20 years in the Senate, voted to kill just about every weapon system that has kept our nation free and strong. Here is the truth of the matter: Kerry did not vote to kill these weapons, in part because none of these weapons ever came up for a vote, either on the Senate floor or in any of Kerry's committees. What makes this dishonesty not merely a lie, but a damned lie, is that back when Kerry cast these votes, Dick Cheney—who was the secretary of defense for George W. Bush's father—was truly slashing the military budget."

And who can forget Zell Miller's keynote address where he said "Today, at the same time young Americans are dying in the sands of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, our nation is being torn apart and made weaker because of a Democrat's manic obsession to bring down our commander in chief." A "manic obsession to bring down our commander in chief"? Most people call this a "presidential election." Someone should tell Zell they happen every four years; he can look it up in that same place where he did the research on Kerry's voting record.